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your "getting started" page is like a crash course in building websites with javascript - just forwarded it to a bunch of friends

it felt like you were giving a smart person a crash course in javascript

wish more apps sturctured their tutorials like this

great job!

One thing: it feels like it's aimed at people who are already competent at javascript

but your tutorial isn't too many steps away from a being solid "javascript for absolute beginners" guide

So would be cool if you made it slightly more beginner friendly, like I'm sure you're losing a lot of engagment and users because they read the first line of your guide and immediately think it's too complicated

"Mithril is a client-side Javascript MVC framework, i.e. it's a tool to make application code divided into a data layer (called "Model"), a UI layer (called View), and a glue layer (called Controller)"

Like I'd suggest adding a VERY simple sentence about why you'd want to use javascript AT ALL

both on the guide and the start page

like if someone landed on your page and they were good at HTML and css but never really programmed, they could probably use your framework to build their first programming project if you made it a little more beginner-friendly

great work! :)



why don't you

use some punctuation and

not separate your thoughts out on different lines?

Not trying to be mean, this is just hard(er) to read!


Sorry - hadn't planned on making my comment that long but will definitely keep your feedback in mind next time I reply to a comment.


Not

astroturfing

AT ALL


The framework is completely free and MIT-licensed, so I suspect that a literal interpretation of your comment is absolutely correct.




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